VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

A large, mythical creature with golden antlers standing in a green world filled with green particles of a kind of energy that was familiar to him, and still felt quite distinct from what he was familiar with.

Meta… it was a large, mysterious creature with golden antlers and a deep blue body. The antlers of this beast was large, all branching out in various directions.

There were various orbs of colorful energies or perhaps elements, each glowing or blinking in a certain harmonious pattern.

The creature had a long, slender neck and a long tail, though Elio was not focused on those trivial details.

The creature's eyes were closed, but each time they cracked open to look at his contractor, Elio would see the deep, dark eyes that seemed to contain a galaxy of stars within them.

There was a dark blue sky above them for some reason.

They were inside a special space and there were particles of green energy surrounding them but it was nothing compared to the vast special sky like expanse above them.

It was strange and unique at the same time, Elio couldn't help his awe at what he was seeing right now. It was unbelievable…

The atmosphere of this place was peaceful and serene. The creature appeared to be a being of great power and wisdom as well, but it wasn't a simple creature.

It was a spirit, and it had contracted with this young boy that knew little about this world, the truths of their world, as well as about the concerns of this world.

The being that he had contracted with, on the other hand, was one of the few Superior beings of the spirit world that had never found a person that could resonate with them.

Each of the orbs that were present on their horns, each branch of their antlers that represented a unique path of mortal life, was something that no other spirit beings possessed.

[{ It will be my honor to serve you, Master. }]

The way this creature looked at him reminded him of the way his grandparents used to look at him when he was young.

Each time they saw him working and gathering his own pocket money, they would have the same emotions in their eyes as this creature did right now.

The being itself was of great significance, but more than that, the way it was looking at Elio, his contractor, was not how a contracted spirit should be looking at their master.

The only reason HE was calling Elio their master was because he did not want to make things more inappropriate for them.

As a contracted spirit, it had to call him master at the very least… but Elio did not mind it.

"You are older. There's no need to be so formal with me… Meta."

A smile appeared on the ethereal face of the creature as it nodded and a ray of light came out of it.

This ray of light intertwined with a ray of light that had come out of Elio's body and connected together.

The connection of these rays of lights was so intense that it created another blast of light, and then…

-Oooooooooooong!

The next thing Elio knew, he was back to the room he previously was, with Alex and the rest of them.

The spirits in the room all noticed him first, and then Az did.

"Master?"

Sera was the next and then, Alex also realized that he was back to his usual self.

"What… just happened?"

He did not understand what was happening. He did not know what was going on either.

A moment ago, he was in a different place and now he was back to the hall with the Spirit gate and the rest of his companions.

From the worried look Sers had, he could tell something had happened in the time he was in that world, but from the normal looks of Alex and Az, he also inferred that it wasn't anything unusual.

"Congratulations on getting a spirit friend, darling."

Alex was congratulating him, so it meant this was something normal. Perhaps the vision that he had just seen, that world and that strange creature, was related to the spirit contract.

That was the only explanation to what had just happened, but Sera's concerned look confused him for a moment.

[{ Hello, master. }]

But this familiar voice brought him back to his senses as he looked up, and saw the small glowing dot of light floating before him.

"Meta…?"

It was the spirit that he had just made a contract with, and looking closely, he could see that this small dot of light had in fact taken on the form of a butterfly.

It wasn't glowing in multiple colors like it did a while back, it was simple blue now… though, if one kept looking at it for a little longer, they would fall into a strange mesmerized state.

Getting out of this state would be difficult for them, and in a battle, this would prove to be a fatal mistake for them.

[Ding!]

[Ding!]

[Ding!]

The notifications appeared before him, but he did not pay much attention to them.
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Insted, he simply placed them to the side and focused on the new spirit that was now his partner.

He looked at the creature from up close, asked it to sit on his palm and looked at it from up close, and as he did that, the rest of his party members simply looked at him with unique expressions.

"How does it feel having a contracted spirit? Is it super special or something?"

"Don't you know how it feels?"

"How would I? I can't even see them. Making a contract with them was never possible for me."

She was acquainted with the highest ranking spirits but she still never had a direct spirit contract with any spirits.

"I have a few items that have my spirit partners that I've been with, but they are in my Treasury right now.

We will have to go and get them as soon as we're done with this adventure."

She had three treasures throughout the world and one of them wasn't too far from their next destination so, after she got the third key, she was planning to go and get the required items from her treasury.

It was quite far from there… thankfully though, as long as they reach the underwater kingdom, she will ask the king to transport them to her treasury.

Going to the treasury will be a simple matter of second with his help, but for that to happen, they first had to finish here and get to the kingdom first.

And they still had other things to take care of IRL so, Alex smiled at him as he talked with his new partner, and when he was done, she asked with a brighter expression.

"Shall we?"

They needed to deal with the house matters and prepare the party so they needed to go back.

They were going to leave Sera and Victor here so that they could help Misha and Rin while looking for the clues to the legacy of the creator on the ship.

"Yeah…"

He got up, looked around the place, saw how Az was still playing with the spirits and how Miu was still interested in the glass like crystal that the gate was made with, and chuckled.

"Let's go now, you two. We gotta go now~."

Seeing them happy and playing like this brought back his memories from a few months ago.

Before he vanished to that forest at the mountain top, these two were like little children, always excited and curious about things.

Ever since he got back though, they had become more mature and a little more adult like than before.

They didn't go around unnecessarily and weren't as curious about all the fun things around them.

Az was more like a well behaved child now, and Miu had become responsible. She looked after Az and scolded him if he did something he should not in normal situations.

But, the two were not acting like they usually did after he came back.

Az was carefree again and Miu was curious like Az used to be about each cool looking thing.

Seeing them was strangely satisfying to him, to the one that could not raise these children the way he wanted to because of those damned evil beings.

He was away for too long even though it was only a few months in this world's time.

It was a long time and they had changed significantly since then, and he could not do anything about that.

"Muuuu!"

"Miu~."

At least, they were still the same cute innocent children that they used to be.

Stronger than their previous selves, perhaps a little more disciplined, because it is the same pure creatures that considered him their master.

"Don't look at them like that… I made sure to be as gentle on them as possible."

"I can tell that."

Leaving them with Alex wasn't a bad choice since both of them had grown significantly since their time in the viscounty.

They weren't different beings, the trails that they faced and the things that they went through had simply made them grow up a little.

They had also fought with her in that Jungle of Nozama, so they faced as tough challenges as we did.

Sera and he grew up as well, but their growth was simple compared to these two. And, Elio didn't mind this new grown Slime and crystal gecko at all.

"Sera, we might not be back for a few days now. Explain the situation to the rest of them."

"We will try to drop by though."

Alex said that, but since they were gonna plan and arrange a party for two days, they weren't going to be back for at least a week.

That was around the time they needed to reach their destination so the two of them were gonna miss most of the fun, but it couldn't be helped.

They will have to work around this somehow.

Elio, especially, needed to be careful with a few things for the next few days…